Community Out-Reach Programs

We do not wait for the needy to come to the Institutes but take eye care facilities to their doorsteps. This unique program works closely with the local community leaders and service groups to organize free eye camps where hundreds of patients may be screened in a single day. Over the years, this program has evolved based on the socio-economic factors of the beneficiaries.

Some of the highlights of this program are:

·Meant for the poor at free of cost
·Eye Camp is organized on Sunday.
·All patients consented for surgery are transported to the base hospital for surgery.
·All patients are provided with Intraocular lens facility.
·Food, accommodation, and medicines are provided at the Institutes.
·Transportation is provided for surgery and for three post-operative follow-up visits.
·If required, they will be provided with refraction lenses 6 weeks after surgery.

The program is unique in its approach blended with compassion, empathy, and love. As a result, acceptance by the people has greatly increased and many people from remote areas are coming to the Institutes to seek help.

Sight For All
"Sight For All" is started to make 50 kilometers area around Kakinada as free of Cataract blindness by 2000 AD. To reach this goal our resources are not adequate and we would like to involve philanthropists to come forward in this crusade against Cataract blindness. So far, some kindhearted persons have supported us. We still need the support of many benevolent people. We have evolved a sponsorship program thereby anyone can sponsor a Cataract surgery for the poor. Full sponsorship for one surgery with IOL costs Rs 1,200 and sponsorship for IOL alone costs Rs 500.

If someone is interested in sponsoring Cataract surgeries every year they can donate to the Corpus Fund. If required these surgeries can be performed on a specific day of the year or to specific areas or specific poor patients. If required, the particulars of the beneficiaries can be informed to the donor.

Children Out-Reach Program
The eye problems in the children if diagnosed early, they can be corrected easily. This program is aimed at screening the school going children. A team of paramedical personnel visits nearby schools and examine children for possible vision defects. Any one having defective vision or any obvious complaints are asked to attend the Institutes for further investigations. So far, we have examined thousands of children; about half of them were provided Vitamin A tablets, and the needy were given spectacles. This program is free for all the children.